Followers are remembering this sensible story of a guess Annie Nightingale had with Joe Strummer
Followers of the late Annie Nightingale have been remembering a superb anecdote involving the broadcasting legend and The Conflict’s Joe Strummer.
Nightingale’s dying was introduced earlier in the present day (January 12) in an announcement by her household. She was aged 83.
The BBC Radio 1 stalwart championed many generations of musicians, together with The Conflict throughout their late ‘70s heyday. Within the mild of her passing, a narrative of her and the punk band’s frontman has been doing the rounds.
“BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale made a guess with Joe Strummer that ‘London Calling’ would make the UK Prime 10, with the stake being a Cadillac,” reads the anecdote that has been re-shared on the band’s Fb web page.
And let’s not neglect about Annie’s guess with Joe Strummer 🖤
RIP Annie Nightingale pic.twitter.com/KYBXl773w3— Full Management PR (@pollybirkbeck) January 12, 2024
“When the document peaked at Quantity 11, Nightingale was saved by a listener who donated a Cadillac. The Cadillac was subsequently auctioned to boost funds for the recession hit metal city of Corby.”
Many tributes have been paid to Nightingale, BBC Radio 1’s longest-serving host and the station’s first feminine DJ. “Annie was a pioneer, trailblazer and an inspiration to many. Her impulse to share that enthusiasm with audiences remained undimmed after six a long time of broadcasting on BBC TV and radio globally,” the message learn.
“By no means underestimate the function mannequin she grew to become. Breaking down doorways by refusing to bow right down to sexual prejudice and male worry gave encouragement to generations of younger girls who, like Annie, solely needed to inform you about a tremendous tune that they had simply heard.”
Followers have been re-sharing Nightingale’s ultimate BBC Radio 1 reveals, which had been broadcast simply earlier than Christmas.
The final two broadcasts by the enduring radio presenter and DJ had been offered as a part of her long-running Annie Nightingale Presents… collection, and noticed her take listeners by a few of her high music mixes of 2023.
Cut up into three segments, the ultimate episodes featured a wide range of company, together with London Grammar’s Dot Main, Good Instances Forward (fka GTA), Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike and Dillon Francis. The likes of Steve Aoki and Deadmau5 additionally sat in for subsequent episodes.
Discover each episodes in full here and here.
Following information of her dying earlier in the present day, Nightingale’s household defined that the “pioneer” DJ died peacefully in her dwelling after battling with “a brief sickness”. Tributes for the broadcasting legend started rising instantly on-line.
BBC DJs Zoe Ball, Greg James, Lauren Laverne and Jo Whiley have additionally paid tribute on-line. “My hero. My inspiration,” the latter wrote on Instagram Tales. “Thanks for all of it Annie. Cool as fuck to the top.”
From 1970 to 1982, she remained the one feminine DJ on the Radio 1 schedule. In 2002, she was given an MBE for companies to radio broadcasting, earlier than being appointed CBE in 2020. She grew to become the primary feminine DJ from Radio 1 to be inducted into the Radio Academy Corridor Of Fame in 2004.